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Their accents may be more “hoorah” than “yee-hah”, but last autumn Catherine and Lizzy Ward Thomas became the first British country act to top the UK album charts. Now the 23-year-old twins from the sleepy Hampshire village of Liss are gearing up to support Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks when the rock legends play Hyde Park in July. No wonder they’re “a bit dazed”.

“We love Stevie Nicks,” gush the sisters, when I meet them at their publicist’s office in north London. “Fleetwood Mac and the Dixie Chicks are our favourite bands. When we were growing up our parents were in a Seventies covers band. Mum was the singer, she was Stevie Nicks.” The wholesome sincerity of their enthusiasm is irresistible....